The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
Pith and Point.


THERE is said to be tree in New Guinea
which, when touched knocks man down,
Ii must be a species of lockwood.
THE Wisconsin state encampment, Grand
Army of the Republic has passed resolu-
tions censuring the President for the veto of
the dependent pension bill.
A CLERGYMAN at South Bend, Ind, sup
ported a family of six persons last year on
cash income of S203, yet he probably never
engaged in a strike in his life.
PATIENT: "why do you watch the Their
mometer on the wall so closely?" Nurse:
" Because the doctor said If the tempera-
ture riz should give the quinine."
ENDING of boys letter from boarding
school: 81 can't write any more, for my
feet are so cold that | can't hold pen.
Your affectionate son, Tommy. "-Erchange
A rRoMBoNE-pLAYER has been added to
the Marine band In view of possible com
plicatons with England, it was doubtless
wise to begin to strengthen our navy
philadelphia North american.
THE Yale freshmen have published pam
phlet, "What the Yale Faculty Should Be-"
as an offset to President Dwights article,
What Yale Student Should Be-" 1t is
said to be bright and sassy"
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-oLD lad at Decatur, Ind,
got up in his sleep one night last week and
walked to his brothers, eighteen miles dis
tant, where he was discovered trying to
open the barn door, when he was awakened.
AN interested crowd watched a horse I'M
tying knots near the post-otfice the other
day. The facility with which the animal
pulled out almost any combination of leather
strap that could be put up was the cause of
considerable northumberland city
(Nebrdskd) Courier.
REPUTATION is a valuable thing. Scarcely
one of the recent poems of our famous living
poets would be given space in any well-or-
dered journal if contributed by an unknown
person, and yet composed by men who once
charmed and delighted the popular heart,
they are handsomely paid for.-Erchdnge.
OREGON seems TO be good place to win
ter in. A. II. johnson of Portland went out
to his farm to look at fine and valuable
Hereford calf that had been born on New
Years day, and on walking through field
to the barn picked a Strawberry in
bloom. So he very appropriately named
the new calf Strawberry
A PHYSICIAN of animals says that nine
tenths of the wild animals in confinement
are subject to heart disease, caused by wor-
riment. Elephants have many diseases,
but the most fatal is rheumatism monkeys
die from bronchial affections felines from
dysentery and heart disease, while the
canine tribe, such as wolves and foxes,
seem not to be subject to any disease
A LITTLE six-year-old daughter of a sena-
tor, who frequently accompanied her father
to the White House on business, saw the
mistress of the mansion for the first time at
her reception the other day. / never had
re pleasu' of meetin 90 befo, Miss Cleve-
land" she lisped, when she got chance to
speak to that lady confidentialy, " but | am
YER well 'quanted wiz 90 husbun, -
Washington Post.
GEORGIA newspaper says that it used
to be the belief among the people that if one
built house and finished it he would not
live long; but if he left any part incomplete,
Il l,.-. tod .
says that when Governor Wilson Lumkin
constructed the stone mansion on the hill
overlooking the cemetery at Athens he left
one window unfinished, and it so remains
at the present time.
THE economical catalogue-maker who set
down the title of two books as " Will on the
Floss" ditto " Political Economy" reminds
the Boston Transcript of woman whose
scrapbook is carefully ndexed in this
fashion: Patti, Adelna. Ditto Oyster
And this reminds the Buffalo Courier of the
index-maker who based the entry, Best
Mr.. Justice, his great mind, upon state
ment in the text that "Mr. Justice Best
said he had great mind to commit the
witnesses"
THERE is an editor in Sedala, Mo-, who
seems to have struck a hard streak of luck.
Listen to his burst of righteous but vernacu-
lar Indignation: This is about the meanest
yaller-dog-style of town in the blooming
state of Mizoori. Yesterday we went out
on collection tour and couldn't get one
hundred forty cents, but the First National
Bank gave us news item to the effect that
their deposits for the day ran above $4,000
We are going to Texas or Arkansaw, where
a man can starve more comfortably"
DON'T expect an advertisement to beal
fruit in one night. You can't eat enough il
a week to last you a year, and you can't adj
vertise on that plan either. People wht
advertise only once in three months forge
that most folks cannot remember anything
longer than about seven days. If you car
arouse curiosity by an advertisement, it is
great point gained The fair sex don't hole
all the curiosity in the world. Quitting ad
vertising in dull times is like tearing out
dam because the water is low.-Cincinnat
artisan.
FEW in our profession, says a theatrica
manager, realize what blighting effec
this interstate commerce law will have OF
the stuff we have been in the habit of carry
ing over the country. The law declare
that all special concessions in rates for pas
sengers or baggage are unlawful and mus
be abolished. Where does this leave us
The idea of paying full fare for eighty o
ninety people in spectacular company
something never contemplated by any pre-
prietor. Add to full passenger rates tn
maximum of freight or baggage or expires
charges and the effect will be most disas
trous. "-Ne,o York Paper
THE art of forcing trees into curious an
fancy shapes is carried to greater degre
of perfection in the old country than wit
us. Italy is especially noted for the beaut
of form and design that has been imparte
to the gardens and lawns by the use {
trimmed shrubs and hedges. At Haddo
Hall, England, there are two quite cell
brated lockwood trees, one representing
ship and the other peacock of heroic siZ'
At Chatsworth, near by, there are many cur
GUS shapes to be found. A tree stands in til
Jardin d. Acclimation, in Paris, whic
originally consisted of five separate tree
grated together. They were successivel
divided and grown together again, unit
they now form a great number of curou
loops and irregular forms.
A NEwLY-MARRIED pair, who arrived q
their honeymoon trip AT celebrated ScotC
watering-place when accommodations wei
at a premium, had mattress spread II
them by a compassionate inn-keeper in OF
of his bathrooms In the middle of Il
night the house was alarmed by loud shriel
proceeding from the nuptial chamber VIII
was the matter? Well, this: The yonr
bride, wishing to ring for servant hf
caught hold of. what she supposed to be ii
bell-rope and pulled it smartly. Unhappi
for her and her spouse, it was the cord
the shower-bath over their heads, and fort
with down plunged such a deluge OF co
water as would throw damper upon q
most devoted hOney-making couple. Ill
husband, in dismay, caught frantically
another cord on his side of the eXtempC
lied couch, but the only response was
llx nrol haln ~ hi In